Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partly because , in spite of his professed indifference to the outside world , it nevertheless rankled with Franco that his regime was excluded from all the most important international circles , and he knew that it would continue to be blackballed for as long as it could be accused of denying the Spanish people free choice . |
| 2 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 3 | Dot listened as the grown-ups continued to grumble along as they had done for as long as she could remember , like the harmless rumble of gunfire faraway . |
| 4 | The guarantee can be made for as long as the manufacturer chooses . |
| 5 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 6 | Scientific ideas and theories are accepted for as long as the known evidence supports them . |
| 7 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 8 | Scientific ideas and theories are accepted for as long as the known evidence supports them . |
| 9 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 10 | Nicknames have been used for as long as man has identified himself . |
| 11 | Unemployment benefit is limited to only one year , and , unlike other national insurance benefits , such as an old-age pension , can not be drawn for as long as needed . |
| 12 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 13 | However , a devaluation of the domestic currency came to be regarded almost as a sign of failure by countries facing permanent imbalance , and so was avoided for as long as possible . |
| 14 | Ernie Walker , the retiring secretary of the SFA , said yesterday that Scottish football could have a two-month winter shut-down scheduled for as early as next season . |
| 15 | Ernie Walker , the retiring secretary of the SFA , said yesterday that Scottish football could have a two-month winter shut-down scheduled for as early as next season . |
| 16 | As well as a mid-day meal , stimulating activities are arranged ; and these , plus the company , can make an enjoyable break for the cared for as well as the carer . |
| 17 | If this is your motive it is important to recognize it , and to make sure that does not impose too great a burden on the person cared for as well as on yourself . |
| 18 | For the present , then , the vital need is to do everything possible to secure a safe retirement of XH558 , where she will be cared for as well as she has been since becoming the VDF display aircraft . |
| 19 | In 1951 , the Employment Fellowship ( formerly the Winter Distress League ) turned to the problem of keeping elderly people employed for as long as possible ( Employment Fellowship 1958 ) . |
| 20 | The person may be detained for as long as is ‘ reasonably practicable ’ to carry out such a search . |
| 21 | Modelling leads to the startling conclusion that melts may have been stored for as long as 300,000–500,000 years before eruption . |
| 22 | The premium is then fixed for as long as you continue the Plan , even when you cross into other age bands , and no matter how times you claim against it . |
| 23 | The conclusion was that quote , Anna Jane was to be cared for primarily by her parents , I am not saying exhaustively , they wanted to be involved for as long as they were able to do . |
| 24 | It was a resolve he had fulfilled for as long as he could , relishing settling his mind on sacred thoughts and holy themes in an effort to make himself spiritually equal to the demands of his calling . |
| 25 | It was in any case something of a miracle — and a tribute to the tenacity of the Lebanese — that their Covenant worked for as long as it did . |
| 26 | Repetition of the remedy is continued for as long as is required , and the doses are tailed off gradually . |
| 27 | As Stedman Jones has shown , marriage was often portrayed as a ‘ comic disaster ’ ; marriage was necessary , especially for the woman , but was best to be resisted for as long as possible by the man . |
| 28 | Thus it is that the extraction of the origin of the first fragment of ‘ goodness ’ and the indelibly labelling of it as such , led to the creation of an entity with a presumed existence and endowed by mankind with the power to hold inviolate the human decisions on ‘ goodness ’ — which will continue to be taken for as long as life continues . |
| 29 | For the first time she felt a faint stirring of compassion for her own mother , whose obsession with her appearance , shopping , flirtation and gossip Julia had despised for as long as she could remember . |
| 30 | They went up to the small room where Eve had lived for as long as she could remember . |